Maude

It was in this thread a couple of years back, starting on page 280. Here's a picture of it finished. I really lucked out with the neck (IMO), the fretboard wood is lovely, the headstock is quite aged and the two skunk stripes aren't as prominent as some, so not as jarring. Just how I like it. Pickguard up close and personal.

There was either a kind of build thread, or I documented the conversion in this thread. I'll see if I can find some.

But not as much as a 734a. I have both so obviously had to compare and you can get the full bass/mid/treble tone of the PH with the 734a controls at about three quarters full. It sounds different because it's not reverse P but the amount of bass/mid/treble is greater. But I prefer the PH as it feels more usable, the 734a is almost too extreme. It may be a placebo but the PH just sounds fantastic. Both have factory strings so probably the same. I'm with you on single ply pickguards as well, when I did the reverse P mod on my 424x I had to make a new pickguard, so single ply black it was.

Jump In Sapphire - Metallica

Being a penniless 11/12 year old in '85 it would probably be my favourite songs recorded from the Sunday evening Top 40 show, interspersed with annoying bits a Richard Skinner as I tried, and failed, to press stop at the very last second before he talked over the ending.

No, their cover version didn’t come out until '87.

What an absolutely rediculous bass. Fantastic, well done! 🤘😎👍

I spent exciting afternoon a few months back comparing body measurements (with photos) between my Japanese 1100s and my 374a, to compare new to old. I realised what an absolute nerd I was being and don't think I ever posted the results. There were lots of very slight differences but in all honesty they were remarkably similar.

I didn't know that. 👍

@Raslee I saw that one for sale and very nearly bought it, bargain price. Funnily enough it was the tuners that put me off because, being extremely shallow, I love the look of the originals. I'd say that's a Japenese one as the pickups are the earlier type, but I'll admit I don't know that the pickups changed when the place of manufacture did. A lovely bass wherever it was built.

She's So Modern - Boomtown Rats

Down Down - Quo

Olympia WA - Rancid

I would turn up with a doublebass and completely upstage him. I've found that folks are drawn to the visual of a doublebass. It is, after all, what he asked for.

Dye, Dye My Darling - Misfits

A13, Trunk Road To The Sea - Billy Bragg

Someone's Looking At You - Boomtown Rats

Stranger On The Shore - Kayaker Bilk

She Blinded Me With (The Appliance Of) Science - Thomas Dolby

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Angelic Upstarts (makes a change to The Animals)

Gimme Three Steps - Skynyrd

That's what I thought.

Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive

A lot of music shops use the colour orange in their logos etc as neurological research has found that orange stimulates the same receptors in the brain as hearing music you enjoy and purchasing items, among other enjoyable things, releasing endorphins that give you that warm fuzzy feeling. Further research found that some people will believe anything they read online.

That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd